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Practical Action

• Practical Action was founded in 1966 and is based in United Kingdom .
• Type of organisation: NGO

Practical Action uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries. Through innovative thinking and technical knowledge we enable poor communities to produce practical solutions to their most pressing needs. We work in four thematic goal areas:

• Energy Access
• Urban WASH and Waste Management
• Agriculture
• Disaster Risk Reduction

With cross-cutting themes of markets, gender, technology and climate change. We work to demonstrate what is possible, share learning and inspire others.

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Key Activities

In energy access we work in a number of areas from work on the ground , to global knowledge sharing, advocacy and partnerships.

• Sustainable Energy for Rural Communities (SE4RC) 2015-19 in Malawi and Zimbabwe with SNV, Hivos and others. Solar-powered mini-grids, prioritising productive uses and community services.
• Renewable Energy for Refugees (2017-2020) with the IKEA Foundation, bringing energy access to long-standing refugee camps in Rwanda and Jordan.
• Working with GACC on behaviour change in Kenya for the large-scale uptake of improved cookstoves
• Gender and energy mainstreaming with Energia
• Poor People's Energy Outlook since 2010
• KnowledgePoint for answering technical queries in energy
• Active Publishing and Consultancy arms

Main Activities

Target Groups

for clean cooking:

• Households

for electricity:

• Households
• Productive use and livelihoods

Themes

Other themes:

Energy Solution Focus

Clean cooking

Electricity

Biomass Solar Biogas Hydro LPG Wind

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Where we work

Our regions of operation are: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America and Caribbean.

Our countries of operation are: Bangladesh, Bolivia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Zimbabwe.
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Contact Details

• Contact Charlotte Taylor
• Visit our website (external link)

Partnerships

We work together with the following ACCESS coalition partners: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Energia, Hivos, Oxfam, Smart Villages, SNV, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), ZERO Regional Environmental Organisation - Zimbabwe.

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